The Beltway media is having a field day on the story.
"Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he's been weighing a presidential run to meet Saturday with Elizabeth Warren — another influential Democrat who has faced calls to enter the 2016 race."
"The unusual weekend huddle with Warren, a Massachusetts senator, took place at the Naval Observatory, the vice president's official residence, said an individual familiar with the meeting. An Obama administration official said Biden had traveled at the last minute to Washington for a private meeting and planned to return to Delaware the same day. Both of the individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the meeting publicly."
"Biden's meeting with Warren was the latest sign that the vice president is seriously considering entering the race, and that he's increasingly discussing it with Democratic leaders outside of his small cadre of longtime advisers."
"A rising star in the party, Warren was the subject of an intense lobbying campaign by a group called Draft Warren that sought to persuade her to enter the race. Warren ruled out running in 2016, and a super PAC similarly named Draft Biden later emerged and has been laying the groundwork for a potential Biden candidacy."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/biden-meets-with-elizabeth-warren-as-he-ponders-prez-bid
We'll see if he's running. The one counterpoint is that most Democratic party insiders-and most in the Obama Administration aren't supporting it.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/no-groundswell-among-dems-this-weekend.html
According to the political scientist John Sides a big part of who wins the nomiation is who gets the support of party insiders and insider endorsements. Hillary already has that all locked up.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=john+sides
What is being totally ignored as it shows the silliness of this whole breathless narrative is that Hillary met with Warren as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/17/hillary-clinton-met-with-elizabeth-warren-in-december/
Yet the media never went Gonzo over this. As for Warren there's no way she endorses Biden-and his politics are pretty similar to Hillary's anyway so in what way is he more 'economically populist?'
If Warren is sitting back waiting to be populist kingmaker then why didn't she endorse or really even praise Sanders? She is not going to advocate anyone as this isn't her game.
"Warren, a vocal advocate for economic fairness and Wall Street reform, has notably refrained from endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders or the other candidates. She retains the vocal support of many in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, making her endorsement one of the most highly sought in the primary."
As usual the media is making a mountain out of a molehill-every Sunday morning show led with it. The media loves taking nothingburgers and trying to make somethingburgers out of them when it's regarding Hillary.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-irony-of-clintons-private-emails.html
"Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he's been weighing a presidential run to meet Saturday with Elizabeth Warren — another influential Democrat who has faced calls to enter the 2016 race."
"The unusual weekend huddle with Warren, a Massachusetts senator, took place at the Naval Observatory, the vice president's official residence, said an individual familiar with the meeting. An Obama administration official said Biden had traveled at the last minute to Washington for a private meeting and planned to return to Delaware the same day. Both of the individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the meeting publicly."
"Biden's meeting with Warren was the latest sign that the vice president is seriously considering entering the race, and that he's increasingly discussing it with Democratic leaders outside of his small cadre of longtime advisers."
"A rising star in the party, Warren was the subject of an intense lobbying campaign by a group called Draft Warren that sought to persuade her to enter the race. Warren ruled out running in 2016, and a super PAC similarly named Draft Biden later emerged and has been laying the groundwork for a potential Biden candidacy."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/biden-meets-with-elizabeth-warren-as-he-ponders-prez-bid
We'll see if he's running. The one counterpoint is that most Democratic party insiders-and most in the Obama Administration aren't supporting it.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/no-groundswell-among-dems-this-weekend.html
According to the political scientist John Sides a big part of who wins the nomiation is who gets the support of party insiders and insider endorsements. Hillary already has that all locked up.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=john+sides
What is being totally ignored as it shows the silliness of this whole breathless narrative is that Hillary met with Warren as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/17/hillary-clinton-met-with-elizabeth-warren-in-december/
Yet the media never went Gonzo over this. As for Warren there's no way she endorses Biden-and his politics are pretty similar to Hillary's anyway so in what way is he more 'economically populist?'
If Warren is sitting back waiting to be populist kingmaker then why didn't she endorse or really even praise Sanders? She is not going to advocate anyone as this isn't her game.
"Warren, a vocal advocate for economic fairness and Wall Street reform, has notably refrained from endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders or the other candidates. She retains the vocal support of many in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, making her endorsement one of the most highly sought in the primary."
As usual the media is making a mountain out of a molehill-every Sunday morning show led with it. The media loves taking nothingburgers and trying to make somethingburgers out of them when it's regarding Hillary.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-irony-of-clintons-private-emails.html
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